Shield for tires.



PATENTED JULY '7, 1908.

R. H. FAUGHNDER.

SHIELD FOR TIRES.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR.2, 190a.

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fully set forth in the description of the ac- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD. H. FAUGHNDER, OF SIDNEY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO CHARLES PEARSON AND ONE-FOURTH TO GEORGE BUSTETTER, SIDNEY, OHIO.

SHIELD FOR TIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

I To all whom it may concern:

helddn position at one end by a hinge con nection With-the links of a chain, the opposite end of a given plate lying underneath the next adjacent plate or plates, the lates being of such shape and size as to yield with the tire.

Anot er object of my invention relates to the pecu iar means employed for maintaining the tire cover in position, .without interfering with its yielding action. v

The features of my invention will be more companying drawings, forming a part of this specification,- in which e Fi ure. 1 is a side-elevation of a ortion of the tire with my improved anti-skit ding non puncturable cover applied. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on line as, m, Fig. 2. -Fig. 4 is a'section through two of the plates and chain.

1 represents the rim,

2 represents the'tire, which may be of any well-known construction.

3 represents a series of plates provided at I one end with an eye 4, through which cross bars 5 of the links of the, chain pass. The free ends of the chains areprovided with the hooks 6 adapted to connect with the cross bar'. 5 of an adjacent link. The plates 3 are similarly connected to the links of the chain throughout the series. The end of each plate opposite the eye is curved and underlies the ad acent plate of the series. The plates 3 at intervals are provided with the slots 7, through which the hook ends 8 of the tie plates engage. The plates 9 are provided with a slot 10' through which the hook ends of the anchoring plates 11 project, the said anchoring plates 11 being secured to the rim 1, thereby securely maintaining the cover in osition upon the tire. The hooks have a ree engagement with their respective slots enabling t e plates 3 to move inward toward the center oi the hub of the Wheel without becoming detached thereby yielding with the tire, the plates performingthe function, as they are constructed of metal, of preventing the tire from becoming punctured and the chain preventing skidding.

' By the construction shown the cover and chain are readily removable by disengaging the plates 10 from the hook members or plates 11, and one of the links of the chain.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A tire cover comprising a series of me 'tallic plates overla ping each'other at one end, a chain encirc ing the outer surface of said plates, said plates bemg plvotally connected to the lmks of the oham, and means for securing the plates to the rim, substan- .site ent of each plate being pivotallv connected to one of the cross bars of the links, 'and'straps loosely connected to the plates at suitable intervals at one end, the opposite ends of said straps being connected to the rim of the tire, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

RICHARD H. FAUGHNDER. W'itnesses:

HUGH DOORLEY, G. P. HANNAFORD. 

